Calming the Mind: Meeting Overwhelming Thoughts with Compassion
I have always had a complicated relationship with “mindfulness”. Many people have framed mindfulness in a variety of ways. Some described it as an inner calm characterized by a lack of thought. As a designated ovoverthinkerI am skeptical at best. Others describe a state of being in the moment fully and without distraction. I live to multi-task. My rabbi framed it as an appreciation of the small, quotidian joys in life. I have had a gratitude practice for years, so? “Mindfulness” has...